Improvement in corn and seed planters



H'. F, BAKER:

i CORN AND SEED-PLANTER. No. 191,019. l Patented Mav 22.18'77.

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NITEE STATES PATENT EEIE HENRY F. BAKER, OF GENTREVILLE, INDIANA.

IMPROVEMENT IN CORN AND SEED PLANTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 191,019, dated May 22,1877; application filed March 10, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY F. BAKER, of Centreville, Wayne county, Stateof Indiana,

A have invented anew and useful Improvement in Corn or Seed Planters, ofwhich the following is the specification:

The machine is mounted on two wheels, which are connected together by anaxle fixed to the wheels, so as to revolve with them, and this revolvingaction sets in motion the dropping machinery, Which is connected withtwo seed-hoppers, from which the seeds are dropped through tubes to theground, in the usual manner, and then covered by the covering-shovels.

The invention will bereadily understood by reference to the accompanyingdrawings, of which Figure I is a central longitudinal sectionalelevation of the improved machine. Fig. II is a general plan of thesame. Fig. III is a rear end elevation of it.

The frame-work A, upon which most of the operative parts of the machineare built, is supported by suitable bearings upon the axle B, that restsin, and is xed to, the wheels C, so that the axle and Wheels revolvetogether. Somewhere about the central part of the axle is fixed aratchet, b, that revolves with it, for the purpose presently explained.

Above the axle, and supported in suitable bearings attached to the frameA, is a rockshaft, which hasaweighted arm, d, with weight d', thathabitually tends to rotate the said rock-shaft forward. A pitman, E,suitably connected with the rock-shaft D, is arranged to have a lug, c,on its bottom side, engaged by the ratchet b as the axle revolves, andso a reciprocating motion is given to the pitman E, and a rocking motionto the shaft D, by reason of the teeth of the ratchet drawing the pitmanforward and giving a half-rock to the shaft D, and then the weight dacts to move the rock-shaft in the opposite direction, as soon as theteeth of ratchet b are released froln the lug c, and soon the rockingmotion of the shaft D is continued as long as the pitman is left in gearWith the ratchet b; but the driver, seated on the seat S, may easilystop the motion of the shaft D, and with it the dropping machinery, aswill be presently shown, by reaching down just below the said seat S,and lifting up the end of the pitman, and placing it on the rest C', sothat it cannot be engaged by the ratchet, and then, of course, thepitman and its attachments will remain idle.

On the rear part of frame A are placed two seed-hoppers, F, the bottomsof which are made of revolving disks f, the peripheries of which areserrated with teeth, like a ratchet-Wheel, and extend outside of thehoppers, so as to be engaged by the pawls G, that are actuated by therock-shaft D, so as to move the said disks forward a certain distance ateach revolution of the axle B, in the manner hereinbefore shown anddescribed.

Within the hoppers F the disks j are perforated with holes f1, arrangedconcentrically inside of the hoppers. As these holes are drawn aroundover the holes in the xed bottoms f2, which are placed over theseedtubes H, a sufficient amount of seed for one droppingv will passdown through the said tubes into the furrows, which shall have beenopened by the plows I, and immediately thereafter the coverers J willfollow and cover the seed, and complete the planting.

The plows I and the coverers J will be attached to the frame K, that iscoupled to the axle B or the frame A, as may be found most convenient;and this frame K, with its connections, when not in use, may be raisedand held out of the way by means of the lever L, that is directly belowthe drivers seat, and therefore easily operated by his foot.

Brushes M, made of leather, are placed in the hoppers F, in suchpositions as to sweep the tops of the revolving disks, and brush theseed into the perforations f1.

Having described my invention I claiml. In a seedplanter, thecombination of the axle B, carrying the ratchet-wheel b and the notchedlever E, with the pawlG and rock-shaft D, carrying the weighted lever d,as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The seeding mechanism, consisting of the hoppers F, revolvingperforated bottom f, fixed perforated bottom f2, and spout H, incombination with the operating mechanism b E and D G, and opening andcovering mechanism I J J, as set forth.

HENRY F. BAKER.

Witnesses:

R. B. BAKER, J. B. JoNEs.

